Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the self_link function in in the RSS Feed Generator (wp-includes/feed.php) for WordPress before 2.6.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Host header (HTTP_HOST variable).

Remediation

References

CVE-2008-5278

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2008-5278 CWE-707

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities